Kalisz K, Rajiah P. Radiological features of uncommon aneurysms of the cardiovascular system. World J Radiol 2016; 8(5): 434-448 [PMID: 27247710 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v8.i5.434]
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Prabhakar Rajiah, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Cardiothoracic Imaging, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, United States. radprabhakar@gmail.com
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
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Review
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World J Radiol. May 28, 2016; 8(5): 434-448 Published online May 28, 2016. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v8.i5.434
Radiological features of uncommon aneurysms of the cardiovascular system
Kevin Kalisz, Prabhakar Rajiah
Kevin Kalisz, Department of Radiology, University Hospital Cleveland Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States
Prabhakar Rajiah, Department of Radiology, Cardiothoracic Imaging, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, United States
Author contributions: All authors equally contributed to this paper with conception and design of the study, literature review and analysis, drafting and critical revision and editing, and final approval of the final version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Both the authors do not have any conflict-of-interest or financial disclosure relevant to this article.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Prabhakar Rajiah, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Cardiothoracic Imaging, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, United States. radprabhakar@gmail.com
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Received: November 15, 2015 Peer-review started: November 17, 2015 First decision: January 18, 2016 Revised: February 2, 2016 Accepted: March 7, 2016 Article in press: March 9, 2016 Published online: May 28, 2016
Abstract
Although aortic aneurysms are the most common type encountered clinically, they do not span the entire spectrum of possible aneurysms of the cardiovascular system. As cross sectional imaging techniques with cardiac computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging continue to improve and becomes more commonplace, once rare cardiovascular aneurysms are being encountered at higher rates. In this review, a series of uncommon, yet clinically important, cardiovascular aneurysms will be presented with review of epidemiology, clinical presentation and complications, imaging features and relevant differential diagnoses, and aneurysm management.
Core tip: This article will review the epidemiology, clinical presentation, complications, imaging features, differential diagnoses, and management of a series of uncommon cardiovascular aneurysms.
